An elderly woman in Africa lived under an overpass in a cardboard house. She was dirty and alone. Her body was full of tuberculosis and no one wanted anything to do with her.
One day several ladies from the local church ventured out to see this lonely soul. You can only imagine how shocked this sick little woman was to see these very proper women show up under her bridge! The ladies had come to invite her to an outdoor Christian meeting where people were being healed. Reluctantly, she agreed to join them, but not knowing how the people might react to her, she insisted on standing at the edge of the very large crowd.
As she stood there she heard the speaker say, “God loves you, He’s closer than any friend and He doesn’t want you to be sick!” At that moment the church ladies glanced over and noticed their sick friend was smiling and breathing normally!
Her new companions were so excited that they insisted she go to the platform and tell everyone what had just happened. A few minutes later, as she stood there on the platform, she said to the large crowd,
“You know me. I am the woman you pass by every day. The one who lives under the bridge.” The ladies who brought her interrupted her and said, “Tell the people how God healed you today. Tell them!” The little old lady looked at the crowd and began her story again. “Yes,” she said, “I am healed, but what I know is that when I go home today, I will never be alone again! I have a new friend and His name is Jesus!”
In his book, “The Message that Works,” Dr. TL Osborn includes a chapter about Friendship With God, in which he states that God declares, “You can trust Me, I will trust you!”
Have you ever considered that God trusts you? And therefore you can trust yourself? I believe this is the essence of God’s heart toward you today.
You and I were created for fellowship with God, for friendship with God. Our rightful place is at His side—not under His feet or under His thumb. He doesn’t carry a hammer or a whip, commanding obedience…no, our rightful place is standing arm-in-arm with the living, loving God.
There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. What does a true friend offer? Unconditional Acceptance, Unwavering Commitment, Unswerving Loyalty. And today, what does Jesus offer YOU? Uncompromising, unwavering support when you don’t know where to turn.
When we know something is God’s will, it is not difficult for us to believe that He will do what we can be sure He wants to do.
Our faith moves God into action, so start praising God and begin thanking Him for being healed and delivered. Instead of listening to the devil and his lies, make him listen to you praising God for His promises!
As a young believer I remember watching a popular Christian television broadcast. While I was listening, the show host looked through the television camera and said these words, “there is a young woman out there who has suffered from tremendous back problems, in fact you are in pain right now.”
He proceeded to describe exactly what I was doing at that moment, where I was laying and what I had just said in my heart to the Lord. I was ASTONISHED! As he said these words, it felt as though a warm heat from heaven was coursing through my body.
I KNEW he was talking about me, this was a word of knowledge. God had given him a special revelation about my situation and I began to thank the Lord—the pain was leaving my body!
The gifts of healings, working of miracles, and the word of knowledge are God’s special gifts to us!
There is no condition too difficult for the Lord! Jesus healed every disease and sickness. The scripture promises that gifts of healings are available.
There are multiple gifts and multiple types of healing available for the infirmed. What an encouragement to realize that God has your condition covered!
Psalm 23:5 tells us that God has prepared a table for us in the presence of our enemies. On that table we’ll find healing, peace, abundance—everything that we have need of. Have you pulled up to the table and partaken of what God has for you?
Righteousness, or my right standing with God, gives me a proper aspect of humility. It’s not a humility of my works and my efforts, it is a humility of recognition of all that God has done for me, all that God is doing for me, and all that God will do for me.
Many people have a habit of being sick. They surrender to their sickness, get used to it, expect it and even find an explanation for being sick. People suffer from pain, convinced that it has always been and will always be that way. “I have always had headaches and I always will.” People have become accustomed to their headaches and do not even try to resist their pain. But Jesus has already taken all your diseases on Himself!
Banish your habit of being sick! Believe that Jesus has overcome all the pain and all infirmities. BY HIS WOUNDS YOU ARE HEALED! Only believe and accept the health that Jesus is giving you!
The message of the Gospel is spreading all over the world, but it is sad that not all who accept salvation also believe in healing—even though it is the same thing! In the time of Jesus and his disciples it was as natural to pray for healing as it was to pray for salvation. People believed and were healed!
